Katarina Hoffmann

Reviews

Review of emirates

SCAMMED!!! DON'T JOIN SKYWARDS!!

Let's first say I was very excited about flying with Emirates. This would be both me and my first time. We are traveling to Dubai for the first time on our 11th anniversary. I called customer service six times before I booked and looked through the website multiple times before I booked our flight. Through the conversations with the reps and reading through the website, I was told I could use miles to upgrade my seats. I was also told how many points I needed to upgrade my seats. So I opened the Emirates card to get 60k miles, joined the Skyward program to get 10k miles and other benefits, transferred miles from other points programs, and purchased additional miles from Skyward. I bought the ticket in March, and now I am being told (April) that "the upgrade with miles is never guaranteed. It completely depends on the flight statistics." None of the previous reps mentioned this, nor is it visible on the website. Had I been told this, I would have never purchased all this and taken those steps to get miles. I was scammed. All I want is to use my miles as I was told I would be able to. I have never had a miles program that does not allow you to use the points right away. I have had Jetblue for years and never had an issue using points. I thought this airline was supposed to be upscale, so I didn't expect it to be a scam. So disappointed. So the last rep I spoke to basically told me that there is nothing anyone can do, and all I can do is submit a complaint. That is sad. HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS OTHER NOT GET SCAMMED LIKE ME. IF IT'S LIKE THIS BEFORE THE FLIGHT, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE FOR THE FLIGHT.

1
Date of experience: Mar 02, 2024

Review of ecosia

tbh, an honest rant from the heart

Like, I would switch full on to ecosia if you just added the mini games that like google does on their logo? Like, totally, 100% would. Like, you have no idea. If you do that, my rating will go up to 5 stars and I'll like, plant as many trees as you want, like, totally.Thanks xoxo uwu

3
Date of experience: Nov 05, 2018

Review of Canva

Canva takes the customer's money and does not fix the defect, do not subscribe

I became a paid member of Canva. Since I am a YouTube content producer, I was thinking of taking advantage of the opportunities it provides, especially the music. I started using the music I provided on Canva in the videos I prepared. Then copyright requests started coming for the music one after the other. Even though I informed the people who claimed my Canva invoice and linked account number to the objection I made on Youtube, they do not remove the copyright claim and do not respond. When I reported this situation to canva.com, they asked for the video and copyright claim information. I sent it to them, but they did not take any action and said that if the problem was not resolved within 48 hours, I should apply to the company called Audiosocket by e-mail and they could not do anything. Is it possible for such a company to exist? They charge money for the service, but if there is a problem with the service they provide, they do not solve it themselves. They say, "Please apply to another company by e-mail, we took your money, we cannot solve your problem, we do not know that company." I condemn a company that is incapable of solving problems and takes it so easy. Unfortunately, you are not as big as your name. I don't even want to give one star, but I have to mark it. I protest you. I will cancel my membership at the end of the month. My advice, especially to YouTube content creators, is to definitely not use the music here. These music companies directly assign copyrights to seize your income, and canva.com does nothing about it. He says we took money from you but there is nothing we can do. Definitely do not subscribe, you will be copyrighted

1
Date of experience: May 13, 2024

Review of booking

Stayed at a hotel that smelt of mold…

Stayed at a hotel that smelt of mold was not clean. Hair all over the bathroom and on the shower and booking the.com told me to go beep myself. They did nothing for me. Booking.com is not helpful or reliable

1
Date of experience: May 17, 2025

Review of co

This company is going down the pan

This company is going down the pan, it used to be a good company that you could rely on to deliver on time, not now it isn’t, they think they can just mess with people and they will keep coming back, amazon prime one day delivery and your parcel doesn’t turn up in three days, they are a joke.

1
Date of experience: May 30, 2025

Review of intuit

Helpful Advisor

My advisor Dawn was knowledgeable and very helpful, both in answering my questions and checking out transactions postings.

5
Date of experience: Nov 01, 2024

Review of opentable

Charged to my mobile 😳…

I was charged by my mobile phone service provider for confirming to OpenTable that I still wanted the table I had booked. There is no warning in the text I received to say I could be charged and I then got a polite warning from my company about charging personal items to my company mobile. Thanks a lot open table! Won’t be using you again if I can avoid it!

1
Date of experience: Mar 10, 2023

Review of flipkart

I bought a lenovo back pack every poor …

I bought a lenovo back pack every poor stiches came out side part on the very next week not atall up to Mark

1
Date of experience: May 23, 2017

Review of creativemarket

Has everything I need at fair price…

Has everything I need at fair price point. Seems like a wide variety of artists work through the site.

5
Date of experience: Apr 13, 2025

Review of CNN

CNN is a horrible news channel

In my opinion CNN shares news that is simply not true. It is more about playing politics than telling the truth. At one time I supported CNN and the DEMOCRATIC party, but not any more.

1
Date of experience: Mar 30, 2020

Review of BBC

Totally Biased in there view

Totally Biased in there view . Left wingers and Champagne Socialism is there absolute forte

1
Date of experience: Apr 15, 2021

Review of venmo

They hold your money hostage

This company is a scam. They hold your money hostage. Send money through cash app or Western Union , be cause the point of sending the money someone on the other side needs it. Do not use them.

1
Date of experience: Jul 16, 2019

Review of udacity

Its a good course for Mid Azure for…

Its a good course for Mid Azure for data engineering, I was expecting more for Advanced rating

4
Date of experience: Mar 03, 2024

Review of shutterstock

Spoke to a very rude customer staff…

Spoke to a very rude customer staff member called Jason. This company is a scam. I do not use this product, and they are stealing money from my account and will not allow me to leave. Terrible. Stay well away from this company.

1
Date of experience: Dec 18, 2023

Review of preply

I love teaching in Preply

I love teaching in Preply, the platform is easy to use. Also Preply gives me the support I need for finding new students.

5
Date of experience: Jun 14, 2025

Review of org

We have been using the NT sites for the…

We have been using the NT sites for the past year and have found them to be incredibly accommodating, helpful and a well needed escape from everyday life.

5
Date of experience: May 04, 2022

Review of lyft

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH LYFT

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH LYFT. THEY DEACTIVATED MY ACCOUNT BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR PASSENGERS BROKE MY DOOR HANDLE OFF WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO MY CAR FOR A PICKUP. NOW IM STUCK WITH A $300 repair for a broken door handle that Lyft refuses to pay for because they’re a bunch of scammers. DO NOT DRIVE FOR THIS COMPANY, YOU WILL GET SCAMMED GUARENTEED.

1
Date of experience: Mar 21, 2025

Review of economist

Unacceptable billing practices

I have asked twice (in advance of subscription renewals in late 2016 and 2018) to convert from a print + digital subscription to digital only. I did this by sending emails to the subscription address for my region. Neither of my attempts elicited the requested response; indeed, I have no record of any written response at all. I have now sent a third email seeking to cancel my subscription entirely and receive a refund for the excess subscription I have been paying for two years. My concern is that this request may also fail. Because I can't stop withdrawals through my credit card provider, it seems that The Economist can keep withdrawing with impunity unless I cancel my card.

1
Date of experience: Dec 09, 2018

Review of dropbox

Paper has very bad technical support.

Paper has very bad technical support.After I upgraded to Dropbox Business, no one on my team could view my company's Dropbox Paper folders. We were told that "some team members have been upgraded to Dropbox 2020" with little to no explanation. After hours of support tickets and calls over the course of six weeks, as of this writing, there's still no resolution. Instead of escalating issues, support just stops responding. Or another support person will take over and ask the same questions. I'm writing this because I don't know what else to do.

1
Date of experience: Feb 19, 2020

Review of americanexpress

I wanted to share some information about MX…

I wanted to share some information that I received from Amex today. The undersigned switched to Amex 6-7 years ago and has been satisfied. As a Platinium customer, service at the airport is especially important as I travel 220 days a year. Today I got an unpleasant surprise. A $70 order that was pulled during another transaction was clearly fraudulent and I called customer service to stop the transaction. Then I became aware of what Amex's policy is in this area.Even though I SPECIFY that this is a scam, the nice lady (Debbie) at customer service says that they can't do anything until 48 hours have passed😳 Only then can I call again, again make Amex aware (which I showed 48 hours ago), then I will receive an email with a form that I must fill out before AMEX can claim that the money should be returned🙃 When the transaction is USD 70, I will more or less forget about the transaction💁 Because I can't bear to spend time again at customer service, receive an email, fill in the form for the above amount? I asked the nice lady - "What if this had happened to a $7000 order"? That's when I freak out!!! I had to wait 48 hours and run the same procedure😳 So it wouldn't mean anything and come "up front" with info? 🙈Here I asked to speak to someone else to check if this is really the way Amex operates? IT DOES NOT WORK VERY EFFECTIVE😉 But when I asked Amex to find someone in Norway who could call me back, this was also not Amex's customer policy - "we will not call you back, Sir"!I understand that uncovering fraud "up front" is not particularly high on Amex's list🙈 I respect their policy, but with this info I have to find another card provider with a different practice. This amount was USD 70 so I can live with that. But if next time it's USD 7000 or USD 17000? I don't want to write anything negative about American Express. What I want is for as many people as possible to know what I know AND I will spend time getting this information out to the people👍 Because I hate it when multinational companies don't take fraud seriously and leave the customer with all the responsibility

1
Date of experience: Mar 19, 2024